Auteur Directors
34 entries in the Auteur Directors compendium.
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Spike LeeAmerican filmmaker whose work examines race, media, and urban life.Stan BrakhageAmerican experimental filmmaker known for hand-painted and silent films.Stanley DonenAmerican film director and choreographer of classic musicals and later independent films.Stanley KramerReliable journeyman director known for big-budget tentpole films and true crime dramas.Stephen ChowHong Kong filmmaker and actor known for mo lei tau comedy.Sydney PollackAmerican director of the neo-noir film Absence of Malice (1981).Takashi MiikeDirector of the upcoming *Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo*.Terence DaviesInternational director whose films are distributed by Strand Releasing.Terrence MalickAmerican filmmaker known for philosophical, visually striking films.Theo AngelopoulosFrench filmmaker known for ascetic minimalism and non-professional actors.Tim BurtonAmerican filmmaker known for gothic fantasy and dark whimsy.Tod BrowningAmerican horror film director known for Dracula and Freaks.Tom HooperAcademy Award-winning director of The King's Speech.Tony RichardsonFree Cinema co-founder and British auteur.Tran Anh HungVietnamese-born French filmmaker of acclaimed Vietnam trilogy.Tsai Ming-liangTsai Ming-liang (born 27 October 1957) is a Malaysian-born filmmaker based in Taiwan, recoVictor FlemingVictor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) was an American film director, Vincente MinnelliAmerican director known for sophisticated musical films.Victor SjöströmPioneering Swedish silent film director and actor.Vsevolod PudovkinSoviet film director who co-created the Kuleshov effect and developed montage theories.Víctor EriceSpanish director known for *The Spirit of the Beehive* and *El Sur*.Wim WendersGerman filmmaker and photographer, key figure of New German Cinema.Xie JinXie Jin (21 November 1923 – 18 October 2008) was a Chinese film director who rose to promiYash ChopraIndian filmmaker and producer, subject of Rachel Dwyer's biography *Yash Chopra*.Yevgeni BauerRussian silent film director and pioneer of cinematic artistry.Youssef ChahineEgyptian director of autobiographical films and political dramas.Yu Hyun-mokSouth Korean director of Obaltan, repeatedly voted best Korean film.Yılmaz GüneyKurdish filmmaker and activist who won the Palme d'Or in exile.Zheng JunliChinese actor and director of classic films, persecuted during the Cultural Revolution.Éric RohmerLast established French New Wave director and *Cahiers* editor.Baz LuhrmannAustralian auteur known for stylized, music-driven films.George Miller (filmmaker)Australian filmmaker who created the Mad Max franchise.Jane CampionDame Elizabeth Jane Campion is a New Zealand filmmaker, born on 30 April 1954, who stands James WanMalaysian-born Australian horror filmmaker and franchise creator.
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